Sunday, August 24, 2008

Preparing for a busy fall

I've been away on a mini family vacation (saw a grizzy bear + two cubs; watched my husband flip a canoe in the middle of a lake; took a dip in Radium Hot Springs) and am just now getting unpacked and reorganized.

ie., I have ten snail mail packages on my desk that were promised to readers from Edson, Alberta to Nova Scotia, New Jersey, Ohio, even Paris, that will finally be delivered to the post office tomorrow. For those who've been waiting on me, sorry it's taken so long!

My website is also being 'refreshed' and I'm hoping to have that posted and off my list within a week. It's clean up time at my end, and after my kids go back to school Sept 2nd, my husband will be heading into a fall with tons of travel all over the globe, which means I'll be writing 5-6 nights/week from 8 pm to 1:00 a.m. during Sep/Oct/Nov so I can get this new novel finished and polished to a shine.

I'm new to your site. I'm a freelance author and I wanted to say thank you for posting your query letter back in '07. I'm finishing a middle grade novel and have found a list of agent's looking for new authors, so I needed your example. I have my own blog. When your front page popped up I laughed. Mine is identical! Good luck on your new book. I was wondering...why do you write through the night?

Kyla-dale: Seeing a grizzly truly is quite the experience. It made me go real quiet, a very unusual thing!

Laughing-wolf (Tony) -- your Tin Box in on the way. Enjoy!

Janet -- thanks so much! I had no idea this was the case. Now I'm bummed, though, cause I don't actually like coffee that much. After traveling to Europe years ago I fell in love with Espresso and now if it isn't thick like mud I can't drink it. That said, as noted above, I truly only have ONE cup a day -- I just sip on it for hours and hours!

Mom2gwyni -- I'm so glad you got some use from my query. How great.And if our blog pages are the same, great minds clearly think alike, hmmm?

As for why I tend to do so much writing late at night, that's when I do my BEST writing.

I also write each morning from 9 a.m. to Noon but that's when I edit, etc. My hubby travels a lot and it seems late at night is the only time when the phone doesn't ring, the animals and kids are asleep, and all my attention zones in beautifully on my work.

Holly,I just finished reading Tin Box. I had decided to read your books because I like your blogging and I started with Tin Box. Woohoo, i held my breath a couple of times and BAWLED my eyes out at the end.